Remains Flashcards
1
Q
What tense is the poem?
A
Present
2
Q
‘On….’
A
‘On another occasion, we get sent out
to tackle looters raiding a bank’
3
Q
‘prob….’
A
‘probably armed, possibly not’
4
Q
‘Well….’
A
‘Well myself and somebody else and somebody else
are all of the same mind,’
5
Q
‘all…’
A
‘all three of us open fire.’
6
Q
‘I see….’
A
‘I see every round as it rips through his life -
I see broad daylight on the other side.’
7
Q
‘So….’
A
‘So we’ve hit this looter a dozen times’
8
Q
‘he’s…’
A
‘he’s there on the ground, sort of inside out’
9
Q
‘One….’
A
‘One of my mates goes by
and tosses his guts back into his body’
10
Q
‘the i….’
A
‘the image of agony’
11
Q
Last line?
A
‘His bloody life in my bloody hands’
